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0021 From Roses to Thorns, Overcoming Domestic abuse

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Originally Aired on: 07-23-2013 on Positive Living Vibrations with Sara Troy and her guest  Maxine Browne.

Domestic Violence has to stop and if we know the signs we can avoid the pitfalls. 

Introducing Maxine Browne on surviving spousal abuse and how she finds love again when she found love in self. 

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Maxine Browne is the author of Years of Tears and an inspirational speaker on the topic of domestic violence. She has dedicated her life to increase understanding of domestic abuse and how to enjoy healthier relationships. In her workshops, Maxine brings you into the world of an abuse victim and describes how an abuser takes control. She describes why people stay in abusive relationships. She also tells stories of abuse and recovery that will inspire you to press past your present circumstances to create the life you want for your family.

Years of Tears

maxine-browneMaxine Browne’s first marriage was volatile. Her playboy husband became a drug addict, selling cocaine to support his habit. After six crazy years, she divorced him.

Then, one failed marriage and two kids later, Maxine met a minister who she thought was the answer to her prayers. Instead, he turned out to be her worst nightmare. He was a controlling tyrant.

He cut her off from her friends and family, including her children. He took control of every aspect of her life…the mail, the phone, transportation and money, to name a few. By the end of 10 years, there was nothing left for Maxine to lose but her life. Years of Tears shares her family’s story of this life-shattering experience, her courageous escape and their journey of recovery.

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P15/15a The Gift of Cancer is a gift of life.

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Positive Living Vibrations hosted by Sara Troy with guest Dr Wendy Treynor aired from April 14th 2014 on.

FINAL-LOGO1Cancer a word we hear all too often and we are beginning to understand is very much an emotional disease as well, we will hear Dr Wendy’s story of how having cancer showed her true path in life, a movement of true healing.

I CAN HEAL® MOVEMENT

“THE I CAN HEAL® MOVEMENT ADVANCES THE IDEA THAT HEALING IS POSSIBLE,

PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, & SOCIALLY

THROUGH SELF-LOVE:

BY LOVING OURSELVES, WE FIND JOY & CREATE A MORE LOVING WORLD.”

Our Purpose:

* to teach Love & Self-Love to end suffering

* to restore Integrity at the individual and collective levels

* to help people find a Community of like-minded others

* to give people a Voice

* to move people from victimhood to Self-Empowerment

* to help people Heal themselves physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially

* to restore individual and collective Happiness, Health, and Wholeness

* to restore the Earth and its peoples to a state of Harmony and Balance

Using her social psychological expertise, Dr. Wendy shares healing principles of group dynamics that can help leaders unleash their inner power to deliver top results. With warmth and humour, as both storyteller and scholar, entertainer and expert, Dr. Wendy inspires us to overcome perceived obstacles and live up to our true potential as she shares findings from ground-breaking research in Social Psychology that leads to some surprising conclusions.

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A wisdom-keeper with insight into how the peer pressure process works as it relates to why we unknowingly compromise ourselves under social pressure, leading us to betray our hearts and conscience,  Dr. Wendy Treynor holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the #1 ranked program in the U.S. (US News & World Report, 2009: U. Michigan, Ann Arbor).  Having walked away from 3 different jobs because of unethical activity,  Dr. Wendy Treynor is a teacher of love & self-love, cancer survivor,and workplace bullying survivor-turned social scientist and thought leader on being true to you and happiness, who shows us how to build an inclusive and ethical culture in the global workplace–and beyond.                                                                                                       Click on book to buy

9780982302842-main_-jpg-194x300Once you hear Dr. Wendy Treynor’s research-based   teaching, you have the key to empowering your team, yourself, and even ending social problems like school bullying, international terrorism, wartime atrocities, corporate corruption, gang-violence, and more, as Dr. Wendy presents a new paradigm, grounded in social science, which inspires us to remember the truth of who we are and all that is, revealing what lies at the heart of both outer and inner conflict–and how to end it.

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P14/11a A Pollinating Hummingbird Awakening

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Originally Aired March 18th on Positive Living Vibrations with Sara Troy and her guest Noelle Meade-Izzi

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MV_Noelle Headshot_2_smallNoelle M. Meade-Izzi known as “The Pollinator Queen”— Shares Her Passion for Bees, Birds,
Butterflies and Bats as the Natural World Faces Disruption and Decline

….And She Delivers a Message of Spiritual Pollination

Her Charming New Photo-Illustrated Book Chronicles How a Hummingbird Healed Her from
a Terrible Malaise After a Crushing Financial Crisis

Noelle M. Meade-Izzi is “The Pollinator Queen.” Her utter delight and passion for bees, birds, butterflies and bats make her their leading advocate at a time when mysterious declining hive census, diminishing habitat and various other threats loom large on the horizon. And when our way of living is endangered because these pollinators are essential to our food chain, we face a global natural crisis.

But for Noelle, the crisis is more than a natural one—it’s spiritual. Because she maintains it is nature that uplifts us by embracing us with its beauty and bounty. It’s a way for the Universe to reassure us when we find ourselves overwhelmed; it reminds us of goodness and our connection to all things.

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MV_THE HUMMINGBIRD COVER_smallThis she knows firsthand. In her new book, The Hummingbird That Answered My Heart’s Calling, Noelle recounts her own touching story of her three-month sojourn with a mother hummingbird, Artemis, and one tiny nestling–and how that encounter brought her back from the brink of despair after being caught in the financial downturn and market crash of 2008.

A single woman, just having purchased her own home, starting a boutique design and photography business, Noelle found herself awash in fear and anxiety, facing the option of taking recommended anti-anxiety drugs and praying for another path.

But it was little Artemis that answered her prayers for relief. Nesting on Noelle’s balcony, preparing to give birth, Artemis provided the uplifting and inspiring encounter that began Noelle’s journey of discovery and healing. Together they welcomed “Baby” into the world, and The Hummingbird That Answered My Heart’s Calling chronicles that beautiful adventure with 40 stunning full-color photographs. The book is a paean to the delicacy and loveliness of nature’s creatures, the goodness that pervades the natural world; the peace, balance and harmony that we find in nature by giving it our undivided attention and true devotion; and the conduit to our own spiritual nature that we can experience through this intimate connection. It calls to hummingbird lovers, photography lovers, nature lovers, spiritual seekers, children and anyone needing a bit of inspiration.

But Noelle’s personal story is only a part of her mission. She sees herself as a special advocate for the pollinators, offering advice on how to build a hummingbird-friendly backyard habitat, ways to “give back” to the bee nation, methods for protecting and supporting what she calls the POWER POLLINATORS—bees, birds, butterflies and bats.

“They are the consummate givers in our Earthly life,“ she says. “We must acknowledge, educate, re-educate, honour and protect these benevolent beings. BALANCE, PERSEVERANCE and GENEROSITY, once deemed exclusive character traits of humans–are palpable in nature. “

With the most pressing need being the preservation of the bee population which has been decimated by a mysterious die-off not fully identified by scientists, Noelle’s goal is to help people see bees for the valued partners they are: harmonious, integrated, unified creatures working tirelessly for the greater good. She unceasingly works to educate as many adults and children as possible, using her company, Beenevolent® as a tool for funding more research; to serve and give back.

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S15/05 Why Their Story Matters

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“Their Story Matters” with Sara Troy and Harriet Khataba, Originally Aired February 3rd/15 

images (2)Welcome to “Their Story Matters” a new channel of inspiring empowering stories of courage and the discovery of self-worth, plus the people and organisations who helped them find the new path of meaningful purpose and liberty.

L.I.F.E: Liberty in Independence and Freedom with Equality is the very key to living in your D.I.V.A Dreams, Inspirations Visions Aspirations

We all have a story to tell of our life’s journeys, some journeys have needed help along the way, a hand up, loving support, tools for moving forward, encouragement and respect. Harriet Khataba is currently the owner and chief operator of the “Her Story Matters” an organisation, founded by Harriet, to spotlight and support women from across the globe in an effort to provide awareness and support for women to tell their stories and to emerge as a stronger and more successful individual. This effort would not be possible without the experiences provided to her throughout her life and career.

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 I want to leave a legacy, to bring 350 million women from around the world in one voice, to fight for those without a voice.

Harriet’s organisation inspired me to create this channel for the very purpose of sharing the stories of those in growth and those who invest in humanity. We will be speaking about the need to tell these stories, why it empowers other women into finding their courage to tell their own story, and we will also look to what Harriet’s organisation does to help these women find liberty, dignity and meaningful purpose in their lives.

This is the first of such interviews embracing the work of those who care about humanity and wish to unite communities. Humanitarian groups, we wish to embrace what you are doing in helping humanity, please come share your passion of what your organisation is doing to help others find their liberty, dignity and personal freedom to embrace their possibilities. We wish to tell your story as it very much matters.

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Interview with Migrant Woman Magazine..

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Another well-deserved article on Harriet  thephoenixnewspaper. page 35

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P15/02b Two Lives One Life Time, a Story of Addiction

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Positive Living Vibrations with Sara Troy and her guest Pat Reihl. Aired from January 13th

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It is a NEW YEAR and is a very good time to invest in yourself. First, we have, to be honest with ourselves and the lives we are currently living, are we serving ourselves or crippling our lives? Pat in her honesty shares with us her path of alcoholic destruction and how she finally placed value upon her own life to become a beacon of hope, care and nurturing for others in recovery. We to can overcome when we decide, to be honest about our choices.

Patricia A. Reihl, MPA, LCADC

Pat at PodiumCounsellor and Author

Patricia Reihl has worked in the addiction field since 1977. After securing a nursing license, she began a career as a counsellor in a social setting detox, and next worked as a nurse in a 28-day residential program. In 1980 she went to work in a hospital-based outpatient program where she developed and directed a special outpatient track for female clients.

In 1981 Pat became Director of Spring House, a female halfway house in Paramus, New Jersey. During her tenure, the program was taken from the brink of closing to the largest female halfway house in the State. Spring House serves today as a national and international model. Ms. Reihl has returned many women to the community as sober, productive members of society and has become a role model for the women she serves.

Throughout the years she returned to college to complete both a Bachelor and Master Degree. This schooling qualified Pat to serve on numerous national committees and boards. In addition, she represented halfway houses on a sub-committee of the American Society of Addictive Medicine and become a member of the faculty at the Rutger’s Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies. She has instructed professionals across the Country and Europe.

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Pat served as President of the New Jersey Association of Halfway Houses for six years. In 1995 she was elected to a two-year term as President of the National Association of Halfway Houses. During her tenure as National President, she brought the National Convention to New Jersey, assisted five states in creating associations, and raised membership in the association to an all-time high.

Because of a personal recovery starting in 1970, she organised a non-profit group with a mission to memorialise the building at 17 William Street where the book “Alcoholics Anonymous” was written. In October of 1998 she was awarded the “Employer of the Year Achievement Award” by the Bergen County Department of Health presented by the County Administration, and again in 2006 accepted the Wynona M. Lipman Award for Community Service presented by the Governor and State Department of Community Affairs, Division on Women for The Family Afterward. Pat Reihl became Executive Director of The Family Afterward, A Freedom House Program, on March 1, 1999.

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Pat has recently become a published author with the writing of her book Two Lives, One Lifetime, a story of generational addiction. In addition, more information can be found about Pat and her book at patreihl.com.

Pat’s interests include running, daily exercise and workout as well as improving her golf game. She has raised 3 children and she and her husband enjoy their grandchildren.

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